Manage costs and demonstrate ROI for Claude Code on Google Cloud

This post outlines a control, track, and prove framework for managing Claude Code spending on Google Cloud, using native tools such as per-project billing, budget alerts, spend caps, BigQuery exports, quotas, and the self-hosted Claude apps gateway for per-user and per-group spend limits and model allowlists. It describes tracking via Claude Code's OpenTelemetry metrics and events exported to Cloud Monitoring or BigQuery, and proving ROI through usage, satisfaction, and impact metrics such as PR cycle time and review turnaround. It cites Delivery Hero, Shopify, and Fifth Dimension as examples of measured impact.